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Peter Chen

Peter Chen

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
12194
World Ranking
7488
National Ranking
155

Overview

Peter Chen is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and primarily focuses on research within the field of Materials Science, having contributed to 115 publications in this area. Their work emphasizes subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including Crystallization and Solubility Studies, which accounts for 108 publications, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, with 100 publications. Other areas of interest include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies.

Peter Chen has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (54 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (6 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (6 publications)
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology (5 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (4 publications)

Their recent papers demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on device physics, radiotherapy, and bio-related research. Notable recent publications include:

  • Power Scaling of Graded-Channel GaN HEMTs With Mini-Field-Plate T-gate and 156 GHz fT, 2021, IEEE Electron Device Letters
  • 360 GHz fMAX Graded-Channel AlGaN/GaN HEMTs for mmW Low-Noise Applications, 2020, IEEE Electron Device Letters
  • Feasibility study: spot-scanning proton arc therapy (SPArc) for left-sided whole breast radiotherapy, 2020, Radiation Oncology
  • Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of fuel production from mixotrophic Galdieria sulphuraria microalgae on hydrolysate, 2021, Algal Research
  • Recurrence and Survival Rates for 1400 Early Breast Tumors Treated with Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT), 2022, Annals of Surgical Oncology

Peter Chen has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Alexandra Tsybizova, Vladimir Gorbachev, Yannick Stöferle, Larisa Miloglyadova, and Eno Paenurk, with which the scientist has coauthored between 16 and 25 publications per collaborator.

Best Publications

  • Flash pyrolysis nozzle for generation of radicals in a supersonic jet expansion

    Daniel W. Kohn;Horst Clauberg;Peter Chen

  • Electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry in high-throughput screening of homogeneous catalysts.

    Peter Chen

  • Mechanism and activity of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts: The role of ligands and substrates from a theoretical perspective

    Christian Adlhart;Peter Chen

  • Natural killer cell activation enhances immune pathology and promotes chronic infection by limiting CD8+ T-cell immunity

    Philipp A. Lang;Karl S. Lang;Haifeng C. Xu;Melanie Grusdat

  • Mechanistic Studies of Olefin Metathesis by Ruthenium Carbene Complexes Using Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    Christian Adlhart;Christian Hinderling;and Harold Baumann;Peter Chen

  • New Benchmark Set of Transition-Metal Coordination Reactions for the Assessment of Density Functionals.

    Thomas Weymuth;Erik P. A. Couzijn;Peter Chen;Markus Reiher

  • Olefin Metathesis of a Ruthenium Carbene Complex by Electrospray Ionization in the Gas Phase

    Christian Hinderling;Christian Adlhart;Peter Chen

  • Noyori's Hydrogenation Catalyst Needs a Lewis Acid Cocatalyst for High Activity We thank Mr. Christian Dambouwy, Thales Technologies AG, Zürich, Switzerland, for experimental work to compare the effects of various combinations of bases and salts. Additionally, we thank Mr. Holgar Sellner in the group of Prof. D. Seebach for assistance in ee measurements, and Sebastian D. Friess for carefully correcting the German version of this manuscript.

    Rudolf Hartmann;Peter Chen

  • Gas-phase thermochemistry of ruthenium carbene metathesis catalysts.

    Sebastian Torker;Daniel Merki;Peter Chen

  • Ab Initio Calculation of Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions of Phenyl Radical and p-Benzyne

    Cameron F. Logan;Peter Chen

  • CHEMISTRY OF THE 2,5-DIDEHYDROPYRIDINE BIRADICAL : COMPUTATIONAL, KINETIC,AND TRAPPING STUDIES TOWARD DRUG DESIGN

    Johannes Hoffner;Marc J. Schottelius;Derek Feichtinger;Peter Chen

  • A STABLE TETRAAZAFULVALENE

    T. Andrew Taton;Peter Chen

  • Ligand rotation distinguishes first- and second-generation ruthenium metathesis catalysts.

    Christian Adlhart;Peter Chen

  • Mass and photoelectron spectroscopy of C3H2. .DELTA.Hf of singlet carbenes deviate from additivity by their singlet-triplet gaps

    Horst Clauberg;David W. Minsek;Peter Chen

  • Rotationally resolved threshold photoelectron spectrum of the methyl radical

    Joel A. Blush;Peter Chen;Ralph T. Wiedmann;Michael G. White

  • Molecularly Tailored Nickel Precursor and Support Yield a Stable Methane Dry Reforming Catalyst with Superior Metal Utilization

    Tigran Margossian;Kim Larmier;Sung Min Kim;Frank Krumeich

  • Elektrosprayionisierungs‐Tandem‐Massenspektrometrie im Hochdurchsatz‐Screening homogener Katalysatoren

    Peter Chen

  • A combined gas-phase, solution-phase, and computational study of C−H activation by cationic iridium(III) complexes

    Christian Hinderling;Derek Feichtinger;Dietmar A. Plattner;Peter Chen

  • 9,10-Dehydroanthracene: p-Benzyne-Type Biradicals Abstract Hydrogen Unusually Slowly

    Marc J. Schottelius;Peter Chen

  • Mechanistically Designed Dual-Site Catalysts for the Alternating ROMP of Norbornene and Cyclooctene

    Marc Bornand;and Sebastian Torker;Peter Chen

  • Fishing for Catalysts: Mechanism‐Based Probes for Active Species in Solution

    Christian Adlhart;Peter Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Chupka
William A. Chupka Yale University
Steven D. Colson
Steven D. Colson Yale University
Alexey Fedorov
Alexey Fedorov ETH Zurich
Jerry Y. Niederkorn
Jerry Y. Niederkorn The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Bernhard Kräutler
Bernhard Kräutler University of Innsbruck
Brian S. Kim
Brian S. Kim Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Martine J. Jager
Martine J. Jager Leiden University Medical Center
Jeunghee Park
Jeunghee Park Korea University

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